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| Motto: | Ma luna a'e o na lahui a pau ke ola o ke kanaka (Hawaiian, "Above all nations is humanity") |
| Established | 1907 |
| Type: | Public, Land Grant, Sea Grant, Space Grant |
| Chancellor: | Virginia Hinshaw |
| Undergraduates: | 14,356 |
| Postgraduates: | 6,288 |
| Location | Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA |
| Campus: | Urban, 320 acres (1.3 km²) |
| Nickname: | (Rainbow*) Warriors (men) (Rainbow*) Wahine (women) |
| Website: | manoa.hawaii.edu |
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is a public, co-educational university and is the flagship campus of the greater University of Hawaiʻi system. The school is located in Mānoa, an urban neighborhood community of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA, approximately three miles east and inland from downtown Honolulu and one mile from Ala Moana and Waikīkī. The campus occupies the eastern half of the mouth of the greater Mānoa Valley. It is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and is governed by the Hawaiʻi State Legislature and a semi-autonomous Board of Regents, which in turn hires a president to be administrator.
History
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa was founded in 1907 as a land grant college of agriculture and mechanical arts. In 1912 it was renamed the College of Hawaiʻi and moved to its present location. William Kwai Fong Yap petitioned the territorial legislature six years later for university status which lead to another renaming to the University of Hawai'i in 1920. This is also the founding year of the College of Arts and Sciences. In 1931 the Territorial Normal and Training School was absorbed into the university. It is now the College of Education.
College
Today the primary facet of the university consists of the four Colleges of Arts and Sciences: Arts and Humanities, Languages Literatures and Linguistics, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. The college of agriculture and mechanical arts is now the college of tropical agriculture and human resources (CTAHR), one of the few agricultural colleges in the United States focused on tropical research. The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is also home to two of the most prominent professional schools in the state. The William S. Richardson School of Law and the John A. Burns School of Medicine are the only law and medical schools in Hawaiʻi, respectively. The Center for Hawaiian Studies provides 'excellence in the pursuit of knowledge concerning the Native people of Hawaiʻi' [1]. Together, the colleges of the university offer bachelor degrees in 87 fields of study, master degrees in 87 fields, doctoral degrees in 53 fields, first professional degrees in three fields, post-baccalaureate degrees in three fields, 29 undergraduate certification programs and 26 graduate certification programs. Total enrollment as of 2004 was 20,549 students, 14,251 of which are undergraduates. There are approximately fifteen students per instructor.
Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi
Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi is the student newspaper at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, founded in 1922 (as The Mirror). The Ka Leo is now printed three times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday), and weekly during the winter and summer breaks. Page length is normally 8 pages, tabloid format. Circulation is approximately 7,000. Beginning in the Fall 2007 semester the Ka Leo is now printed in full color.
Diversity
According to the 2003 report of the Institutional Research Office, a plurality of students at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are Caucasian making up twenty-four percent of the student body. Japanese Americans represent twenty percent, Chinese Americans represent nine percent, Filipino Americans represent eight percent as do native Hawaiians. Ten percent of the student body are racially mixed. Smaller populations of Pacific Islanders and other ethnic groups make up the remainder.
Academics
Colleges and schools
Colleges
Colleges of Arts and Sciences
College of Arts and Humanities
College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature
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College of Natural Sciences
College of Social Sciences
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Shidler College of Business (formerly College of Business Administration)
The College of Business Administration was renamed the Shidler College of Business on September 6, 2006, after real estate executive Jay Shidler, an alumnus of the college, donated $25 million to the college. [2]
College of Education
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College of Engineering
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College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR)
Schools
School of Architecture
School of Hawaiian, Asian & Pacific Studies
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William S. Richardson School of Law
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John A. Burns School of Medicine
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School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene
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School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
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School of Social Work
School of Travel Industry Management
Degrees offered
Undergraduate
The university offers BA, BBA, BEd, BFA, BMus, BS, and BSN degrees in addition to certificates. The BArch is no longer offered, although a BA can be earned through interdisciplinary studies (IS). Students can also choose to minor in some programs. See degree listing in the current catalog or departmental/program webpages for degrees and minors offered by specific programs.
Graduate
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa awards advanced degrees through five different units. Each of these units has separate admissions offices and awards degrees independently of one another. The majority of advanced degrees are awarded through the Graduate Division (http://www.hawaii.edu/graduatestudies/) and these consist of the PhD and various master's degrees. Professional doctorates are awarded by the John A. Burns School of Medicine (MD), the William Richardson School of Law (JD) and the School of Architecture (ArchD). The College of Education awards post-baccalaureate certificates in secondary and special education. Law (J.D., LL.M.) Architecture (Arch.D.) Medical professional
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Interdisciplinary PhD in Communication and Information Sciences]
The Graduate division Administers over 80 master's degrees (most with options for thesis or non-thesis), 50 doctoral programs, and over 30 graduate certificate programs in a wide variety of fields . This includes research degree programs in medical and public health areas, and professional programs in education, social work, business, nursing, speech pathology and audiology, and engineering. See list of graduate programs for complete list of programs offered by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Other
Academy for Creative Media
Interdisciplinary studies (self designed major)
Outreach college
Special programs
Summer session
Student life
Places
Student organizations
Student government
Off-campus
- The Newman Center / Catholic Campus Ministry serves the community at the University and surrounding area.
Athletics
- See also: Hawaii Warriors football
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa competes in NCAA Division I, the only Hawaiʻi school to do so. In major sports, it competes in the Western Athletic Conference. In men's volleyball and women's water polo it competes in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, and the mens swimming and diving team have been invited the two last years to compete in the Conference USA Invitational meet. The men's teams were formerly known as the Rainbow Warriors but in 2000, in response to complaints from the football program, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa athletics program allowed each sport to select their own team names. The current situation is rather confusing; various men's teams are called the Warriors, the Rainbow Warriors, or the Rainbows. The men's volleyball team chose the name Men of War, but that name proved to be unpopular and was replaced by the Warriors. The women's teams are called the Rainbow Wahine. This name is often shortened to The Rainbows or The 'Bows. The Warriors and Rainbow Wahine are most notable for their highly-ranked men's and women's basketball, men's and women's volleyball, baseball and football programs. The University also won the 2004 Intercollegiate Sailing Association National Championships. The women's volleyball program has won championships in 1982, 1983 and 1987. The principal sports venues are Aloha Stadium, Stan Sheriff Center, Les Murakami Stadium, Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium, and the Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex.
Chancellors
From 1986 to 2001, the President of the University of Hawaiʻi system also served as the Mānoa campus's chancellor. In 2001, the position of Chancellor was recreated by then-UH president Evan Dobelle after several years of discussion around the possible conflict of interest that might arise in this dual role (being the president of a University system while concurrently being the chancellor of a specific campus within the system).
- Virginia Hinshaw 2007- current
- Denise Konan 2005-2007
- Peter Englert 2002-2005
- Deane Neubauer 2001-2002 interim
- University president 1986-2002
- Kenneth P. Mortimer
- Albert J. Simone
Famous alumni & faculty
See University of Hawaiʻi page.
Points of interest
- Lyon Arboretum
- Hawaii Warriors Football
External links
- University of Hawaiʻi System
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa Athletics
- Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi student newspaper
- Student Housing Student Housing
- University of Hawaii Infrasound Laboratory
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